Who's more valuable, rest of season
Matt Waldron.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Andrew Abbott’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.
Head-to-head
K
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ERA
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WHIP
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W
SV n/a
Matt Waldron wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Andrew Abbott wins 1 (W); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.5
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.6%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
17.8%
Matt Waldron
19.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
28.9%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
38.3%
Matt Waldron
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.4%
Matt Waldron
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.333
Matt Waldron
.302
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05
The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Andrew Abbott
2.238.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.49
Matt Waldron
2.238.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.141.87
now 1.44
1.43
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4050
now 42
27
Matt Waldron
4050
now 22
29
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.0005.20
now 4
2–3
Matt Waldron
.0005.20
now 1
1–2
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Abbott — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90